Was Roy Jones Jr a real champion at heavyweight?

Was he a real champ or a paper champion? I mean he beat a John Ruiz who was at the weight class for 9 + years when they ended up fighting. He beat Evander Holyfield and defended it against Kirk motha Fukkin Johnson. To me he was the legit WBA World Heavyweight Champion Roy didnt make John Ruiz come down to 205 lbs or anything crazy....just saying

Comments (15)

SkillspayBills

He fought a HW champion. Who didn't just win the strap and then take him on. Ruiz was the legit WBA champ at the time. Plus Lewis ducked Roy so it is what it is.

14y ago

fitefanSHO

No, Jones was not a real heavyweight champion by any means. He won a meaningless alphabet strap by beating a 3rd tier heavyweight in John Ruiz. If Jones was truly all about making history and winning THE title, he would have fought the REAL Champion, not the pathetic Ruiz...

14y ago

Ring_Leader

Why didn't he defend his title against Lewis??? Why did he go down in weight? He ducked Lewis #flomologic He did want the fight. Lewis didnt

14y ago

AKATheMack

What division? I hope you're referring to HVWT That was the question that was asked so thats the one I decided to answer, yes. Under HW Roy was the man.

14y ago

niceyboo3

More so then Haye. I believe the Roy that beat Ruiz, Beats Haye all night. Remember its only an opinion and a little off topic...

14y ago

pacweather

The way he dodged his opponents is a stuff of legend.

14y ago

Forza

He beat a HW that beat holyfield so yes

14y ago

BoxingFollower

Thank you! I'm glad you reconize this. Also worth note, Mayweather Jr had been chasing a fight with De La Hoya since 2003. Some of these Pac fans seem to think that Pacquiao fought a better version of Delahoya, they kill me.

14y ago

AKATheMack

He was a real champion, but he wasnt the best in the division. The fact this sentence is so oxymoronic is whats wrong with todays boxing.

14y ago

BoxingFollower

Mayweather fought a champion at the respectable weight. Pacquaio failed to do so. How you can place them in the same pool I do not understand. You got a point, Mayweather did fight a respectable fighter at 154, Pacquiao fought a supposed cheater, UNRANKED, off for a while SLOW fighter like Margarito.

14y ago

Steak

of course he was a paper champion, the obvious best in the division was Lennox Lewis. still a very legitimate and good win for Roy. Ruiz is...not exactly amazing...but he still was a top ten heavyweight for quite a long period of time.

14y ago

Ring_Leader

Naw, Im just saying that. Both were legitimate title holders. HW champs, IDK... yea i feel ya. just surprised with Roys weak chin he wasnt kod one shot. But he probably developed his weak chin losing all that weight again

14y ago

pacweather

Real champion. One of the greatest fighters I have ever seen. All those youtube videos of him just amazed me.

14y ago

Ring_Leader

More so then Haye. http://goofygifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/funny-animated-gifs-oh-really.gif

14y ago

BoxingFollower

To be fair. If we are gonna see Mayweather as Pacquiao as paper champions then we have to see Roy as one, he fought Luiz and didn't want any part of the true HW champion who was Lennox Lewis.

14y ago